General Gardening Discussion

Looks like a pot chrysanthemumhttp://images.google.com/images?q=pot%20chrysanthemum&hl=en-GB&sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-49,GGLD:en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Thanks paladin, ive planted one just a week ago and the bottom leaves had turned a slight reddish colour

I have quite a bad greenfly problem in my garden this year. My silver birch was absolutely covered! I bought some spray for it which has cured the problem, but it's nasty stuff and I don't want to keep using it everywhere. So, I'm looking into buying/encouraging ladybirds. A few Qs- Is the...

Sunshine trees have different ways of growing some send down huge tap roots and find the water table with few surface roots for gatherig nutients, others are shallow rooted and have lots of roots near the surface and get their water and nutrients this way,the privet family are in this class of...

walnut, thanks for the encouragment. i dont know about being able to soon give you good folks advice, but give me a few years and you never know I do have a lot of gardening books although you would never know by how little i know!I found a pic of my lavender bush jarbax (as it looked...

I've been there a few times - and loved it! It wasn't too difficult to get there from Hemel - and I got parked in the street right outside it the last time :eek: Free, at that! I chose the right time on a Sunday, apparently!I think I saw it at its best with Autumn colours - absolutely...

Hi SunshineYup, if you need the space for summer stuff, it's fine to dig up your tulips & muscari bulbs, I do. You've done the right thing in storing them in trays to dry out naturally too. Once the foliage has dried off, you can store the bulbs ready for planting out next Autumn.

hi every one, just wanted to let you know that the shammrock plant i have got is not the one that flowers its the 3 leaf shammrock, abit like the 3 leaf clover, and its very hard to get hold of this plant, so if any one knows much about this plant and can tell me as much info regarding feeding,...

I like to sow into a 4" square pot - saves on compost, nice and deep for the roots, doesn't encourage me to sow far more seedlings than I can use, and they fit nicely together to save space - then prick out into seedtrays or celltrays. I'm less keen on celltrays than I used to be because I think...

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As the leaves are blotchy yellow, not yellow with green viens, I guessed it wouldn't be the Iron or nitrogen deficiency, so my going for Epsom Salts was just another thought. Also as I have recently watered it, I cant add more water with food until it dries out a bit. I have removed the main...

Scotkat,well done on your beautiful new garden.It looks fantastic now it is complete and I expect you are having great fun in buying the plants for it.It is lovely of you sharing them with us

Hi , thanks for the info .I did eventually pot them in Ericaceous compost and they are doing fineTam

Many thanks for your replies - I'll deadhead the tulips & leave the aquilegia

Should be looking something like this by now. :(

I think I will once I've sorted out the bed properly. I think garden thefts has quite a high record of incidences in the last few years. I have two pad bolts on the garden gate though so I have a little bit of protection.

Wonderful hostas. Wish mine were as good.

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Hi mowgley,I've got three in a pot growing up a wigwam and to help them start I got some twigs and gardeners twine and wrapped them round the wigwam canes so the sweetpeas had something to grab at the start sort of like reaching the first floor! Now they are shooting up and wrapping round...

you're garden is 'stunning'!! love the evening pic too, great for entertaining in! wish i was clever!! just noticed the spotlights int he decking are they? nice touch, looks pretty glamourous actually. well done!!!